Pope Francis
October 19th, 2014 at 10:45:00 AM permalink | |
terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | How about the pope coming out in support of gays. Also considering a change to how the church handles divorce and remarriage. What a guy. Cant believe he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. The committee gave it too early to Obama, with Francis, what are they waiting for? What a common sense progressive. Fascinating that this is the guy the bishops voted for yet they have a hard time getting behind him regarding gays. He is so humble, Bishops live better then him in their expensive mansions. Pope Francis is the man, the right man in these times. A future Saint. I have no doubt. Count this atheist a big fan :-) Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
October 19th, 2014 at 4:33:54 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
He's not black? Obama being black was 90% of the reason he won. A white conservative could have said the exact same things and never been considered. The prize committee is about being PC first and foremost. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 19th, 2014 at 5:00:52 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
Actually he won it because he wasn't Bush and he was a liberal. As a liberal he can talk peace but later bomb half a dozen countries and win the prize. Shows a once great institution is just a joke that feeds off the same pop-culture as so much of America. After voting Obama in for it the committee probably fired up their DVRed episodes of Honey Boo Boo. The President is a fink. |
October 19th, 2014 at 6:21:23 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
It was more than that. Clinton was a lib and he didn't win one. Obama was a black lib, they had to do it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 19th, 2014 at 6:51:42 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Count this theist a big fan too! “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
October 20th, 2014 at 1:47:13 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | The Pope is a titular head but is subject to the entrenched factions in the Vatican bureauacracy. Argentina is on the verge of bankruptcy and defaulted on its currency obligations. |
October 20th, 2014 at 9:26:53 AM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Pope Francis to rent out Sistine Chapel? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-20/vatican-blesses-porsche-blocks-plebs-sistine-chapel#comments The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
October 20th, 2014 at 12:50:53 PM permalink | |
TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 | The nobel peace prize appears to be offered to things they want to encourage, not what they have done. I have no idea why Obama got his though... it was richly undeserved. Then again, they awarded it to Al Gore for a documentary about climate change, so I await David Attenborough to get one as well for all his long work on educating us about bio-diversity. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
October 20th, 2014 at 2:31:47 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Sure you do, it's the same reason Whoopsie Goldberg got an Oscar for 'Ghost'. The same reason GM started promoting certain people to management positions in the 80's whether they deserved it or not. None of them earned awards or promotions, they were in the right place at the right time. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
October 20th, 2014 at 2:50:03 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
If ever there was a man who deserved an award. I dunno for what, but I'd make up several just so I could give them to him. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |